A shockingly low percentage of the hundreds of millions of tons of plastic produced every year actually gets recycled.

Recycling Technologies plans to place its first chemical recycling machine at Binn Eco Park, Perthshire, Scotland. Capable of recycling 7,000 metric tons (more than 7,700 short tons) per year of mixed ...

A noted recycling industry leader with close to five decades of experience, Genius Machinery has recently introduced its new plastic washing recycling line for the South American market. The most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic is processed at Exxon Mobil's chemical recycling plant in Baytown, Texas, in October 2023. (Sergio Flores / AFP via Getty ...

The transition toward a circular economy relies heavily on the mechanical capability to process diverse waste streams into reusable raw materials. As global industrial output continues to climb, the ...

Tonnes of plastic farm waste is being turned into new products with the development of recycling techniques by the agricultural industry and engineering researchers. Each year, Australian farms go ...

As a kid, I went door to door collecting cans to earn some pocket change. Today, I still take pride in recycling. I slice cardboard boxes down to size each Sunday, and make sure every viable plastic ...

A new AI-enhanced framework combines machine learning validation with life-cycle assessment to cut plastic waste emissions by ...

When items travel along a conveyor belt at a sorting facility, they move past a fast-spinning magnetic rotor at the end. This ...

The one word of advice given to Dustin Hoffman in the 1967 movie “The Graduate” has certainly proven prophetic. The world is awash in plastic from bottles to bags, films to fiber and toys to textiles.